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#202 Jan 08 2013 at 9:37 PM Rating: Excellent
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The problem I run into with many posters on this forum is that I look at data in the world around me, apply my own logic to them, and derive my own conclusions.


And then refusing to compare that to any other conclusions from other people who have witnessed similar data, means that it is your opinion, which you treat like fact, which makes you a tool.

Just so you know.
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The problem I run into with many posters on this forum is that I look at data in the world around me, apply my own logic to them, and derive my own conclusions.


And then refusing to compare that to any other conclusions from other people who have witnessed similar data, means that it is your opinion, which you treat like fact, which makes you a tool.


I'm sorry. Could you point to where someone presented a competing conclusion (with explained reasoning, etc) for comparison to my own? I seem to recall a mere "cite?" response to my post, which kinda isn't close to the same thing. I'm more than willing to compare my conclusions to others, but it's somewhat hard to do that when no one else is willing to actually bother to present said conclusions (much less the logic behind them) in the first place.

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That something I'm not doing makes me a fool? Um... Thanks, I guess!

I don't treat my opinions as fact. I treat them as my opinions. I do ask that if others disagree that they at least present a counter opinion/conclusion/whatever as part of their argument. Seems only fair.
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#204 Jan 08 2013 at 9:49 PM Rating: Excellent
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First, I said Tool, not Fool.

Second, you put forth your opinions as fact, which is why I respond to you.
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First, I said Tool, not Fool.

Second, you put forth your opinions as fact, which is why I respond to you.


I find that when engaging in argument or debate, it's useful to present my opinions as though they are fact (well, correct. The word "fact" has other connotations) and require that the other guy present an argument in opposition to mine. Doing otherwise kinda defeats the purpose. If you're unable to present a good argument in opposition to mine, then my opinions ought to be treated as though they are a correct model of the issue being discussed. I mean, we don't toss out the theory of gravity until someone else has a better explanation for why objects fall to the ground, right? Even if imperfect, an idea/theory/opinion/whatever that explains and/or matches observed data is better than one that doesn't.


You're free to disagree with my explanation of things, but to do that you really have to present a counter which covers the same set of data and adequately explains them. Why, for example, do people borrow money from pawshops or payday loans every single month, only to pay it back on payday? Clearly, they could have more money if they didn't do this than if they do, but they do it anyway. And not just once in awhile, if they have an unexpected expense. The same people habitually do this month after month. There's no rational explanation for that behavior, yet we try to assume that everyone acts rationally with their spending habits (including things like food stamps). My argument is that many people *aren't* rational with their money. Thus we should not assume they act rationally with regard to food stamps. This then, explains far better why some people continually come up short in terms of buying sufficient food, despite access to programs like food stamps. It's an explanation that fits the observed data.


What's the counter? That we just don't give them enough money? Isn't that really what we're talking about here? Again, we have lots of data which suggests that for some people, how much money/assistance we provide for them wont matter. You're free to make a counter case, but then make it. Don't just nip around the edges of what I'm saying and insist that I must be wrong. Provide a counter that better matches the data. If you can't do that, then you must accept that my "opinion" is the best one with regard to the issue at hand.
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Professor stupidmonkey wrote:
First, I said Tool, not Fool.

Second, you put forth your opinions as fact, which is why I respond to you.


I find that when engaging in argument or debate, it's useful to present my opinions as though they are fact (well, correct. The word "fact" has other connotations) and require that the other guy present an argument in opposition to mine. Doing otherwise kinda defeats the purpose. If you're unable to present a good argument in opposition to mine, then my opinions ought to be treated as though they are a correct model of the issue being discussed. I mean, we don't toss out the theory of gravity until someone else has a better explanation for why objects fall to the ground, right? Even if imperfect, an idea/theory/opinion/whatever that explains and/or matches observed data is better than one that doesn't.


But it is usually confirmed with the observed data of others. Other observed data is accepted, not to mention expected, in order to corroborate the conclusion of the observed data. Yours does none of that.

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You're free to disagree with my explanation of things

Gee, Thanks!

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But to do that you really have to present a counter which covers the same set of data and adequately explains them.

No, I really don't. I am allowed to take the datum you give me, compare it to the datum that I have collected and form my own conclusion. The end. What I don't do is tell everyone, and I do mean everyone, that they are wrong for disagreeing with me.

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Why, for example, do people borrow money from pawshops or payday loans every single month, only to pay it back on payday? Clearly, they could have more money if they didn't do this than if they do, but they do it anyway. And not just once in awhile, if they have an unexpected expense. The same people habitually do this month after month.

Is this something you have observed? I would love to know when and where you observed it.

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There's no rational explanation for that behavior

So you are also an expert in sociology, as well as psychology? Cool

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yet we try to assume that everyone acts rationally with their spending habits (including things like food stamps)

Who is we?

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My argument is that many people *aren't* rational with their money. Thus we should not assume they act rationally with regard to food stamps. This then, explains far better why some people continually come up short in terms of buying sufficient food, despite access to programs like food stamps.

see, this is what your whole post boils down too. The rest is just verbal diarrhea and emotional ************ on your part, which is unnecessary, and is why I don't take you seriously

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What's the counter? That we just don't give them enough money? Isn't that really what we're talking about here? Again, we have lots of data which suggests that for some people, how much money/assistance we provide for them wont matter. You're free to make a counter case, but then make it. Don't just nip around the edges of what I'm saying and insist that I must be wrong. Provide a counter that better matches the data. If you can't do that, then you must accept that my "opinion" is the best one with regard to the issue at hand.


See, the "Data" is what you have "Observed", but you didn't take notes, or have witnesses, or a control group. Stop acting like you are the final arbiter of truth.

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#207 Jan 08 2013 at 11:18 PM Rating: Good
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Gbaji,

I read your article, and your post.

First off you should go back and read your article again. This study was done to compare how low income households compared to food stamp participants in Food security, which they defined as having enough food to feel comfortable in attaining all required nutrients for a healthy life.

The comparisons in this article are entirely personal opinion of those related to the study on whether or not they feel that they can provide food to their households.

It continues to tell us that of those who are ineligible for FSP only 10% felt they could not provide.
It tells us of those who participate but are not entitled to full benefits only 12% felt they could not provide.
It tells us of those receiving full assistance 18% felt they could not provide.
It tells us all of those markers fell short of the US governments goal.
The provision is food, and what they are not feeling is being able to confidently (securely) supply food to their families.

Congratulations Gbaji you found the income gap.

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The results have been inconclusive and the authors have warned against drawing causal inferences from their research.


Is in relation to the articles main objective...are food stamps enough. The testing being done is to find out whether or not Food Stamps are working as intended, and should their be a more assistance available. As for your closing quote,

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The authors' most reliable models indicated that food stamps did not affect the probability of being classified as food insecure, although they offered “tentative evidence” that food stamps reduced the level of food insecurity among those who are categorized as food insecure. The authors warned that establishing cause and effect with propensity score matching “might not be possible in some instances, given the magnitude of the selection effects.”


Yes getting assistance would generally help someone feel more secure. I would say that it is definitely true. An extra 500 a month to feed your family vs not having 500 a month to feed your family, but since they are still short of the US GOV benchmark (7.5%) they are still classified as insecure........I could go on but this isn't rocket science man.

As for your personal opinion.

You don't know what poor is, you are not entitled to an opinion.







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I find that when engaging in argument or debate, it's useful to present my opinions as though they are fact


The hell you say!
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gbaji wrote:
The problem I run into with many posters on this forum is that I look at data in the world around me, apply my own logic to them, and derive my own conclusions.
The problem everyone has with you is the world around you that you find your data in is some make believe conservative Narnia, and not reality.
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gbaji wrote:
I look at data in the world around me....
Unless ur god, that's called an anecdote.
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gbaji wrote:
I look at data in the world around me....
Unless ur god, that's called an anecdote.

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gbaji wrote:
I look at data in the world around me....
Unless ur god, that's called an anecdote.

gbaji previously wrote:
Anecdotes are data.

Smiley: lol Well that came back to bite me in the butt.....
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#215 Jan 09 2013 at 4:25 PM Rating: Good
So you're saying that all the kids in America who go hungry at night do so as a result of "poor choices" ?

They chose to have deadbeat parents. Of course. It's just obvious!

Unlike gbaji, I'm not afraid of facts. Or citations.

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According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), 16.7 million children under 18 in the United States live in households where they are unable to consistently access enough nutritious food necessary for a healthy life. Although food insecurity is harmful to any individual, it can be particularly devastating among children due to their increased vulnerability and the potential for long-term consequences. (Source.)
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But it is usually confirmed with the observed data of others. Other observed data is accepted, not to mention expected, in order to corroborate the conclusion of the observed data. Yours does none of that.


Um... I've presented observed data that supports my position. It's not my job to make your argument for you. You're doing the equivalent of demanding that I prove a negative (ie: Failing to present data countering my position somehow proves that I'm not considering all the data when arriving at my conclusion). If you believe there's data which counters my position then you need to find and present it.

What "observed data" are you talking about that isn't confirming my conclusions?

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But to do that you really have to present a counter which covers the same set of data and adequately explains them.

No, I really don't. I am allowed to take the datum you give me, compare it to the datum that I have collected and form my own conclusion.


Great! Then do that. I'll wait.

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The end. What I don't do is tell everyone, and I do mean everyone, that they are wrong for disagreeing with me.


When said disagreement is not accompanied with any sort of logical rational, then it can be safely dismissed.

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Why, for example, do people borrow money from pawshops or payday loans every single month, only to pay it back on payday? Clearly, they could have more money if they didn't do this than if they do, but they do it anyway. And not just once in awhile, if they have an unexpected expense. The same people habitually do this month after month.

Is this something you have observed? I would love to know when and where you observed it.


Yes. I've observed this personally. If you've ever watched any of those pawn shows, you also know it's true. You could also read sites like this one or this one in case you still aren't convinced. Most customers of pawn shops and payday loans are repeat customers. Do your own searching if you aren't satisfied with mine (again, I'm not the one who needs to disprove my own position). These industries (and btw, the credit card industry) rely on repeat customers. People who are constantly borrowing money to make it through the month are how they make most of their money. And as I've said repeatedly, it's an irrational set of choices for anyone doing that regardless of their income level.

My point is that people make those irrational choices. They tend to keep spending until they literally can't spend anymore. The function and use of these lending industries should constitute strong evidence for this. The conclusion I'm drawing from this is that simply giving people more money doesn't solve this problem. Most people will simply increase their spending. In fact, one can also conclude that people *can* live on the income sources they have, but have a psychological need to be in debt as much as they can prior to stabilizing at that spending level. This is clear when you consider someone who gets a $500 payday loan every month, and pays $100 in interest on it once the first comes around and they get paid. They do this every month, meaning that they're actually living on $100 fewer than they earn each month. They can live on that much, but when they have the opportunity to borrow money they will do it anyway. The net effect is that they decrease the actual money they have to live on, but fulfill the need to feel like they're spending as much as they can (or at least, that's how I see it).

Do you have another explanation which better fits those data? I'll point out again that this isn't about how much money people make. The same behavior occurs with credit cards for those with higher incomes. How many people do you know who make good salaries walk around with their credit cards maxed or near to maxed? So they're paying hundreds of dollars in interest every single month, which suggests that they could have lived on the income they earn, but for some reason were compelled to spend much more money until they reached the maximum they could borrow and only then reduced their spending to what they could afford (which is now lower than it would have been had they not gone through the process in the first place.

There's abundant evidence to support the behavior pattern I'm talking about.

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yet we try to assume that everyone acts rationally with their spending habits (including things like food stamps)

Who is we?


We is everyone who attempts to argue for spending on benefits based on the assumption that those who receive them will spend them in the ways we want them to. As I observed way back in the beginning of this thread, for most recipients of food stamps, the food stamps don't actually affect the total dollars they spend on food each month. It does affect the dollars they spend on other things though. We look at our "food insecurity" statistics (or whatever we're calling it this year), conclude that a lot of people could cover that shortage with just a little bit of extra money available for food, provide them with that little bit, and then are stunned when those we're providing for are still just a "little bit short" when it comes to food each month.

My suggestion is that the problem isn't the funding side, but the spending side. Which is why I suggest that methods which actually provide food for people rather than money (or stamps, or whatever) that can be used to purchase food might be a better way to go.

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see, this is what your whole post boils down too. The rest is just verbal diarrhea and emotional ************ on your part, which is unnecessary, and is why I don't take you seriously


So do you agree with what I said though? The rest of my posts exist because people keep insisting that I'm wrong, forcing me to write over and over and over again all the different arguments and examples and rationals supporting what I'm saying. If you agree with my statement that people don't spend money rationally, so we should not approach funding for things like food stamps as though they do, then we're good, right?

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See, the "Data" is what you have "Observed", but you didn't take notes, or have witnesses, or a control group. Stop acting like you are the final arbiter of truth.


I'm not claiming to be the final arbiter of anything. I'm expressing my opinion and giving support for why I think my opinion is correct. It's up to those who disagree to provide an alternative opinion/explanation and support their position. But what I run into is people who argue endlessly that I'm wrong, demand endless "proof" from me, but never actually bother to present a counter position, much less support for one.
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So you're saying that all the kids in America who go hungry at night do so as a result of "poor choices" ?


No. I said that many do. Stop projecting an absolute argument onto me.

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They chose to have deadbeat parents. Of course. It's just obvious!


Poor choices are made by the parents, not the children. If a parent chooses to spend money on beer and cigarettes and trips to the local casino and at the end of the month, the fridge is bare, it was poor choices which caused their children to go hungry. My whole point is to question the method we're using to try to address such hunger. Currently, we give the parents food stamps which we expect them to spend wisely in order to ensure their children don't go hungry. Our system depends on the parents making good choices with not just the food stamps themselves, but whatever other sources of income they have in order to prevent their children from going hungry. So I think pointing out the consistency with which many parents in that situation make poor choices instead of wise ones is pretty darn relevant when discussing whether our current methodology is effective.

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Unlike gbaji, I'm not afraid of facts. Or citations.

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Nothing in that quote refutes a single thing I've said. I'm not arguing that hunger doesn't exist. I'm arguing that food stamps aren't that effective at dealing with the problem of hunger.
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I'm arguing that food stamps aren't that effective at dealing with the problem of hunger.


I guess when I had food stamps last year, trying to start over in MT, those damn things didnt put food in my apartment.

Look, presenting opposition to your claim. Experience, and so of course I can't provide a link to show my source.
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see, this is what your whole post boils down too. The rest is just verbal diarrhea and emotional ************ on your part, which is unnecessary, and is why I don't take you seriously


So do you agree with what I said though? The rest of my posts exist because people keep insisting that I'm wrong, forcing me to write over and over and over again all the different arguments and examples and rationals supporting what I'm saying. If you agree with my statement that people don't spend money rationally, so we should not approach funding for things like food stamps as though they do, then we're good, right?


I don't agree with you. And if you didn't present everything as though you were the final arbiter of truth, I wouldn't have used that phrase. I have never once seen you concede a point, no matter how many facts have been thrown your way.

I am not even sure why I am bothering to type this.
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I guess when I had food stamps last year, trying to start over in MT, those damn things didnt put food in my apartment.


Did they put more food in your apartment then you would have had otherwise? More broadly, do they do this for most people who use them. If you make $1000/month, and currently spend $150 on food, and squeak by on the rest of your expenses, and the government gives you $150/month in food stamps, do you now buy $300/month in food? Or do you shift $150/month that you were spending on food into other expenses?

If instead of giving you $150/month in food stamps, we simply provided you with $150/month in food, it has the same effect on your finances (money being fungible and all that), however it ensures that you will receive $150/month in actual food. The problem is that some people will get that $150 in food stamps, and not spend it on food, or spend it on snacks, soda, or other wasteful things. Then they'll come up short at the end of the month and not have food to eat. If instead of giving you food stamps, we simply sent you food each week, or gave you a coupon to a food bank, where you could pick up a box of pre-selected food items, then you wouldn't have an issue with running out of food at the end of the month no matter how poor your spending habits are.

There are a lot of different ways to deal with the problem. I just happen to think that food stamps aren't a very good one. Easy? Yes. Effective? Not at all.

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Look, presenting opposition to your claim. Experience, and so of course I can't provide a link to show my source.


I'm not expecting one. Cause I'm reasonable like that. I'm not discounting your personal experiences at all. I'm asking people to actually look at the logical steps between "some people will go hungry without help" and "food stamps are the solution". Proving the problem exists doesn't prove that a given solution is the best one.
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see, this is what your whole post boils down too. The rest is just verbal diarrhea and emotional ************ on your part, which is unnecessary, and is why I don't take you seriously


So do you agree with what I said though? The rest of my posts exist because people keep insisting that I'm wrong, forcing me to write over and over and over again all the different arguments and examples and rationals supporting what I'm saying. If you agree with my statement that people don't spend money rationally, so we should not approach funding for things like food stamps as though they do, then we're good, right?


I don't agree with you.


Ok. Why? See. you keep saying "I disagree with you", and I keep waiting for the argument behind your position. I'm still waiting.

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And if you didn't present everything as though you were the final arbiter of truth, I wouldn't have used that phrase.


If you don't agree with me, then present an argument in opposition to what I'm saying. Simply repeating "you're wrong" and "you're not the final arbiter of truth" over and over isn't an argument.

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I have never once seen you concede a point, no matter how many facts have been thrown your way.


Facts are not arguments though. I'm waiting for an argument.

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I am not even sure why I am bothering to type this.


Because you believe something, are sure you're correct, but see me saying something which does not match your belief. Nothing wrong with that at all. Ironically though, you attack my position by claiming it has the very weaknesses your own does (projection). Apply your own accusations to your own position. You have not presented any facts to support your position. You have not attempted an argument using those facts. You have simply declared yourself correct and me wrong over and over. Yet you keep insisting that I don't present facts, or data, or argument. You insist that I'm just arbitrarily declaring my position "true" and all others false.

Look in the mirror sometime. Better yet, try to meet the same standards you demand of me.
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Facts are not arguments though.

They refute arguments.

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No argument required. See how that works?
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Gbaji, decide if you want your words to be taken literal or figuratively when you make your claims(point). I quoted what you said that food stamps aren't effective. You mean that, in your experience, people are not wise about it.

More of the story, omitting other details of course, was I moved from FL earning roughly 2 grand a month. I had a car payment and insurance that followed me totaling about 800 a month. The food stamps made it so I did not die cause of lack of food. I am a diabetic of 27 yrs. When I got on my feet a month before I had to renew my food stamps assistance I did not bother. It achieved its purpose. How big or small of a percentage my attitude falls into is not something you can just pull out of your ***. When you make those claims, you are expected to pull up varifiable sources. That is just decency.
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Gbaji, decide if you want your words to be taken literal or figuratively when you make your claims(point). I quoted what you said that food stamps aren't effective. You mean that, in your experience, people are not wise about it.


Yes. Which is part of the reason why they aren't effective.

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More of the story, omitting other details of course, was I moved from FL earning roughly 2 grand a month. I had a car payment and insurance that followed me totaling about 800 a month. The food stamps made it so I did not die cause of lack of food.


No. The food stamps allowed you to not have to choose between food and a car. The food stamps paid for part of your car and insurance, not the food. If you had not had food stamps, which would you have done: Starved to death? Or sold the car? Assuming you would not have actually starved to death, then the food stamps helped you keep your car.

Which is the point I was making.

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I am a diabetic of 27 yrs. When I got on my feet a month before I had to renew my food stamps assistance I did not bother. It achieved its purpose. How big or small of a percentage my attitude falls into is not something you can just pull out of your ***. When you make those claims, you are expected to pull up varifiable sources. That is just decency.


You just provided the best source I could use to convince *you* of what I'm talking about. I'll ask again: Imagine there was no food stamps. What would you have done? Food is an incredibly inelastic product. People will buy enough so that they don't actually starve. This is why we use terms like "food insecurity" btw. Almost no one starves in the US because of poverty, so we focus on whether people have what we've determined to be a sufficient amount of food instead. You *would* have survived without food stamps. You'd just have had to focus more of your own efforts on food instead of other things. This is why I made the claim that food stamps mostly end out paying for things other than food.

In your case, the food stamps helped make your car payments.

Unless you would have chosen to make a car payment and consigned yourself to starvation? That seems incredibly unlikely.

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#226 Jan 09 2013 at 7:46 PM Rating: Good
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gbaji wrote:
Zymunn wrote:
Gbaji, decide if you want your words to be taken literal or figuratively when you make your claims(point). I quoted what you said that food stamps aren't effective. You mean that, in your experience, people are not wise about it.


Yes. Which is part of the reason why they aren't effective.


Seeing as they kept me fed, they were very effective.

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No. The food stamps allowed you to not have to choose between food and a car. The food stamps paid for part of your car and insurance, not the food. If you had not had food stamps, which would you have done: Starved to death? Or sold the car? Assuming you would not have actually starved to death, then the food stamps helped you keep your car.

Which is the point I was making.


At no point in time do I remember paying my car or insurance with food stamps. I clearly remember them going towards food at the grocery store.

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I am a diabetic of 27 yrs. When I got on my feet a month before I had to renew my food stamps assistance I did not bother. It achieved its purpose. How big or small of a percentage my attitude falls into is not something you can just pull out of your ***. When you make those claims, you are expected to pull up varifiable sources. That is just decency.


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You just provided the best source I could use to convince *you* of what I'm talking about. I'll ask again: Imagine there was no food stamps. What would you have done? Food is an incredibly inelastic product. People will buy enough so that they don't actually starve. This is why we use terms like "food insecurity" btw. Almost no one starves in the US because of poverty, so we focus on whether people have what we've determined to be a sufficient amount of food instead. You *would* have survived without food stamps. You'd just have had to focus more of your own efforts on food instead of other things. This is why I made the claim that food stamps mostly end out paying for things other than food.

In your case, the food stamps helped make your car payments.

Unless you would have chosen to make a car payment and consigned yourself to starvation? That seems incredibly unlikely.

Edited, Jan 9th 2013 5:17pm by gbaji


I have starved for weeks at a time. Not the greatest thing for myself but it was the choice I made. The first four months being in MT I did not have food stamps. The end of second month/ beginning of third I got them. I ate very little and completely @#%^ed up the bit of stability I had til then.

Also way to avoid directly answering what I asked in the first place. You have, however, clearly shown that you want what you said taken as "this suits my argument" and as such will respond to what you directly said. To be clear: food stamps are not people and so can not choose to be misused or abused. Way to go buddy.


Edited, Jan 9th 2013 8:48pm by Zymunn
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